'Flexible' Vehicle GHG Push May Require Stronger Automaker Advocacy

An electric vehicle (EV) coalition's plan urging EPA to retain Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas rules while making them more flexible offers a fresh indication of industry resistance to draft Trump administration plans to scuttle the program, but it may not be enough to blunt momentum for a drastic rollback without more public intervention by automakers, according to observers. The May 2 proposal from the National Coalition for Advanced Transportation (NCAT) calls for expanding compliance credits for EVs and alternative vehicles...